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After the company's recent announcement of Game Pass membership updates, featuring a price increase for the Ultimate Tier to $30 per month, numerous subscribers are looking for new ways to maximize their subscription. For those keeping their membership or considering signing up, we present our latest picks.

This weekend's games feature a acclaimed JRPG, a delightful indie adventure, and a brilliant puzzle game scheduled to leave the platform shortly.

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

Among the top ways to maximize value from Game Pass is by immersing yourself in a lengthy, engaging RPG — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition matches that bill exactly. You step into the part of a teenager who has just moved to the sleepy countryside of Inaba. During the day, your goals include making friendships, taking on part-time jobs, and managing schoolwork. By night, you work to solve a disturbing string of murders by venturing into strange locations themed around your friends' inner fears.

With a memorable cast of characters, tactical battle system, flawless visuals, and a plot full of surprises, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is considered a masterpiece for many reasons. It also boasts a highly addictive cycle that will keep you up late into the night, repeatedly.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

While major releases like Ninja Gaiden IV are a primary selling point for the service, the subscription also highlights lesser-known games. A perfect instance of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from Spirited Away, this enchanting indie game is a magical realist journey steeped in South American traditions. You follow Miho, who, after assisting his grandma make soup, is transported to a colorful realm populated by potato-nabbing frogs and various eccentric animals.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato unfolds similar to an educational computer title from the 1990s, as Miho tackles puzzles and helps the world's inhabitants by gathering an assortment of objects. Though it's a little unpolished, Sopa is a sweet small experience that openly celebrates its appreciation for South America.

Cocoon

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is scheduled to exit Game Pass on October 15, giving you only a few days to play it via subscription — and you definitely should. Studio the creators crafted one of the finest puzzle games of this generation in the 2023 release Cocoon. Its core gameplay element focuses on moving among worlds inside additional worlds, and often you'll carry those worlds, in the shape of vibrant spheres, with you.

Although it doesn't have explicit guidance, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's puzzles is designed in a highly natural manner, yet they can test you as well. 2023 was a big year for video games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon was somewhat overlooked by many players. Let's correct that while we can.